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re: Flight schools near Lafayette
Posted on 2/28/24 at 10:06 am to Bryno1960
Posted on 2/28/24 at 10:06 am to Bryno1960
Since both Owens at LFT and Aviation academy at KARA are both recommended, do yall think it’s better to do flight school at a busy airport so that you are used to more traffic or a smaller airport like new Iberia?
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Posted on 2/28/24 at 10:46 am to CM Tiger83
I did my work at Lakefront NOLA (KNEW) and really believe that having the Tower / Controlled factor early made it easy to get a handle on my radio work. You can typically tell a pilot that did not train at a controlled airport when they get on the radio with the Tower.
I performed most of my maneuvering work in the "Practice Area" (East of I-10 Twin Spans), but did tons of TNG's in Slidell (KASD) and Picayune (KMJD)--both of which are uncontrolled--but always flew into and out of KNEW.
I performed most of my maneuvering work in the "Practice Area" (East of I-10 Twin Spans), but did tons of TNG's in Slidell (KASD) and Picayune (KMJD)--both of which are uncontrolled--but always flew into and out of KNEW.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 10:51 am to CM Tiger83
I did all of my PPL training, while stationed in Southern California, out of Chino Airport. While I enjoyed flying around SoCal, it is very busy airspace. I would much rather have done it at an airport where there is less traffic.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 10:57 am to CM Tiger83
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CM Tiger83
I used to tell people that the best option is to buy your own plane for training as I was fortunate that I found a young CFI with his own plane (PA-28-160) just trying to build time to make the jump to airline. Once he got called up, I bought the plane from him (18 hours total at the time) and found a new independent CFI.
HOWEVER, this was in 2016 and I bought the plane for $22k. That same plane today would be $50-$60k.It was absolutely perfect for me, and I used it to build tons of hours but likly not as feasible today.
Now I am in a 4 person partnership on a PA-28-235 (250hp conversion) at NEW and absolutely love it.
Of course, most partnerships don't want student pilots due to the potential wear and tear on the plane.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 9:10 pm to CM Tiger83
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do yall think it’s better to do flight school at a busy airport so that you are used to more traffic or a smaller airport like new Iberia?
The benefit of flying out of field like New Iberia is you’re in the air almost immediately.
However, you’ll gain better experience with comms and traffic avoidance getting in and out of a Class C everyday.
This post was edited on 2/29/24 at 2:53 am
Posted on 2/28/24 at 9:19 pm to CM Tiger83
It doesn’t really matter.
Lafayette will take longer to take off and be much more demanding. Acadiana Regional is easy peezy but still controlled by a tower. Big both have huge runways which is great for training.
Go take a discovery flight at both schools.
Lafayette will take longer to take off and be much more demanding. Acadiana Regional is easy peezy but still controlled by a tower. Big both have huge runways which is great for training.
Go take a discovery flight at both schools.
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